Sanitary belt



Nov. 27, 1923. 1,475,895

J. STEAIN SANITARY BELT Filed Sept. 5, 1920 A TTORNE Y8 lPatented Nov.27, 192.3.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB STEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SANITARY BELT.

Application filed September 3, 1920.

To all w/zom may concern.

Be it known that I, JACOB STEIN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan.

in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedSanitary Belt, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to sanitary belts and has particular reference toan improvement in a belt for supporting sanitary napkins.

In the common forms of belts of this character, the supporting tabs arepermanently 1.5 secured to a girdle and the napkins are pinned to thefree ends of the tabs. It is obvious that such an arrangement has manyobjections and disac vantages due to the fact that it is eithernecessary to remove the girdle or detach the napkin from the tab byremoving the pin each time it is temporarily necessary to remove thenapkin.

The principal object therefore of the present invention,is to provide abelt of the character described which overcomes the above recitedobjections and. disadvantages by providing detachable tabs with means topermit of the ready removal of the tabs from the girdle when it isdesired to temporarily remove the napkin.

Another object of the invention is to provide means which permits of anadjustment of the tab with respect to the girdle whereby to insure theproper fitting of the napkin when in place.

The invention further contemplates the provision of an article of theclass described which is comparatively simple in construction,inexpensive to manufacture and highly efficient in purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, some of which will bemore apparent hereafter, reference is hall. to the following detaileddescription, the appended claim and the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a belt constructed in accordance withthe invention.

Figure 2 is a slightly modified form of a supporting tab employed inconnection with the belt and illustrating the same in its extendedcondition.

Figure 3 is a view of the tab illustrating the manner in which the samemay be ar- Serial No. 407,887.

ranged to secure a different adjustment of the free extremity thereof.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates agirdle strip of elastic or any other suitable material adapted for apurpose which is adapted to encircle the waist of the wearer. Oneextremity of the girdle strip 10 is provided with a plurality of rows ofeyelets 11 and the opposite extremity is provided with hooks 12 whichare adapted to be selectively engaged in the eyelets 11 to obtain theproper circumferential adjustment. The girdle 10 has secured to theouter sides thereof at diametrically opposite points the hooks 13 and apair of supporting tabs 1e are det-achably associated with the girdle 10through the medium of the engagement of the eyelets 15 with the hooks13. As illustrated in Figure l of the drawings the tabs 14 are providedwith a plurality of rows of eyelets 13 whereby the distance between thefree ends 16 of the tabs and the girdle may be varied to obtain theproper adjustment of the napkin on the body.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3 of the drawing the tabs 20 are providedadjacent one end with the eyelets 21 which are designed to detachablyengage hooks formed on the girdle. In this instance the adjustment ofthe tabs is obtained by means of a plurality of rows of eyelets 22formed in the free ex tremity of the tab, which eyelets are designed toengage with the spaced hooks 23 secured to a strip Q securedtransversely of the tab. By this arrangement the eyelets 22 which arenot engaged by the hooks 23 may function to receive the pin 25 in orderto secure the napkin to the tab, thus eliminating wear on the tab due tothe constant perforating of the same by the pin.

From the foregoing, it will. be understood that a belt is n'ovided whichpermits of the temporary removal of the napkin by the disengagement ofthe tab from the girdle which materially adds to the life of the beltand at the same time minimizes the time required in the temporaryremoval or application of the napkin.

While there has been illustrated. and described several preferredembodiments of the invention, it is understood that the right isreserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein tothe full extent indicated by the general meaning of the elements inwhich the claim is set forth and by variations in the phraseology of thesame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A device for supporting sanitary napkins comprising a girdle having anadjustable connection at its opposite extremities napkin supporting tabshaving detachable connection with the girdle at diametrically oppositepoints thereof, each of said tabs comprising a strip of material havinga relatively wide upper portion and narrow lower portion said portionsprovided at their juncture with a transversely secured strip, a pair ofspaced hooks secured to the transversely secured strip and a pluralityof vertically spaced pairs of eyelets provided in the free extremity ofthe relatively narrow portion of the strip, each pair of whichconstitutes means respectively for the reception of a safety pin, andfor engagementwith the hooks to vary the length of the tabs, as anta forthe purpose specified.

JACOB STEIN.

